🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Fujinoki Kofun
Late Kofun 560–710 CE (Asuka) · Late Kofun (Yamato–Silla contact)
Unlooted 48 m Kofun at Ikaruga — gilt horse trappings and lacquer coffins (late 6th c, 1985 discovery).
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Taksai Royal Kurgans (West Kazakhstan)
Early Iron Age (Sarmatian / Sauromatian) · Sarmatian (Sauromatian)
Twin royal Sarmatian kurgans (85 m asl, 51°11′48″N 52°10′37″E per 51.196575N 52.176884E) on the Ural-Mugodzhar steppe east of Ural River.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Harla Necropolis Cairn Field East Sector
Medieval (800-1500 CE) · Harla
Harla Necropolis Cairn Field East Sector in Harari, Harar, Ethiopia is a Medieval (800-1500 CE) tumulus attributed to Harla.
🇧🇭 Bahrain · Tumulus
Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375 in Northern, Aali, Bahrain is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Takamatsuzuka Tomb
Late Asuka (Fujiwara) 694–710 CE · Asuka–Nara court (Tang-influenced)
23 m Asuka bijin mound (694–710 CE, 1972) — court women fresco, four beasts, sun–moon (National Treasure).
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Crystal River — Mound B Shell Midden Terrace (Florida)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Crystal River — Mound B Shell Midden Terrace (Florida) in Florida, Citrus County, Crystal River, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 …
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Spiro — Craig Mound West Lobe Hollow Chamber
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Spiro — Craig Mound West Lobe Hollow Chamber in Oklahoma, Le Flore County, Spiro, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus at…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Moundville — North Plaza Mound P (Tuscaloosa)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Moundville — North Plaza Mound P (Tuscaloosa) in Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Moundville, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tum…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Megalith
Sacred Meroe Necropolis East — Meroe (56-31)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Sacred Meroe Necropolis East — Meroe (56-31) at Meroe, Sudan is a Early Historic (regional) megalithic of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 800 CE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Great Xi an Terrace Central — Xi an (56-22)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Great Xi an Terrace Central — Xi an (56-22) at Xi an, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) megalithic of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Sacred Giza Enclosure II — Giza (56-44)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Sacred Giza Enclosure II — Giza (56-44) at Giza, Egypt is a Neolithic (regional) megalithic of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Southern Giza Citadel Inner — Giza (56-07)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Southern Giza Citadel Inner — Giza (56-07) at Giza, Egypt is a Classical (regional) megalithic of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇫🇷 France · Tumulus
Vix — Lesser Mound B (Mont Lassois)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Vix — Lesser Mound B (Mont Lassois) in Burgundy, Côte-d'Or, Mont Lassois, France is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Hal…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Er Grah Tumulus Locmariaquer
Middle Neolithic · Carnac Neolithic
Er Grah Tumulus Locmariaquer at Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic megalithic of the Carnac Neolithic tradition, built c. 4500 BCE for 140 m long tumulus.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tumulus
Tumulus of Eilean Doab
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Tumulus of Eilean Doab in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Tumulus
Tumulus of Hunstanton-Force
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Tumulus of Hunstanton-Force in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) tumulus attributed to Nazca culture.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Tumulus
Lindholm Høje Burial Field
Iron Age to Viking Age (500–1000 CE) · South Scandinavian Iron Age / Viking
Dramatic Viking burial field (700 graves) and Iron Age/Viking settlement on hill overlooking Limfjord at Nørresundby–Aalborg, preserved under windblown sand after 1000 CE abandonment.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Er Grah Tumulus
Early to Middle Neolithic · Morbihan Neolithic
140 m Neolithic tumulus at Locmariaquer — longest in Brittany, part of Grand Menhir alignment.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Daisen Kofun — Nintoku Outer Moat Sector
Kofun (c. 411–453 CE Nintoku) · Yamato Kofun (Emperor Nintoku tradition)
Mozu kofun group excavated non-invasive by Sakai 1872, UNESCO 2019 as Mozu-Furuichi, Imperial mound unentered.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kitora Tumulus — Asuka Painted Star Chart Vault
Late Kofun / Asuka (late 7th–early 8th c. CE) · Asuka-Yamato (Korean Baekje influence)
Asuka Kitora excavated 1983–98, star chart with 1,000 stars, four-direction beast murals, Baekje migrant tomb.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Tumulus
Ottarshögen (Ottar's Mound)
Vendel Period (c.550–600 CE) · Vendel Period Scandinavia
Monumental Vendel Period tumulus at Vendel parish (Tierp) — 37 m diameter, 8 m high, excavated 1914 (Stolpe monument) with cremation of King Ottar Vendelcrowk (Ohthere) noted in Ynglingatal and…
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Hashihaka Kofun — Earliest Keyhole Tomb
Early Kofun (mid-3rd c. CE c. 250 CE) · Yamato early Kofun (Himiko? Queen)
Makimuku Hashihaka excavated around moat 1990s, 280 m earliest Kofun predating Daisen by 180 yrs.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Ishinohoden Kofun — Karatsu Vaulted Stone Chamber
Late Kofun (6th c. CE) · Yamato influenced Hizen
Karatsu megalithic chamber exposed by erosion, excavated 1900, late Kofun island type.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Tateyama — Stone Coffin Terrace Kofun Group
Kofun (5th c. CE) · Hida / Etchu Kofun
Tateyama alpine kofun excavated 1970s, house-shaped sarcophagus like later Asuka type.